Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:43

SuperKombat had their first show of the year yesterday and in a surprising result, Catalin Morosanu won the four man tournament, beating Utley Meriana and Anderson "Braddock" Silva. I certainly didn't expect Morosanu to pull it off, and he deserves a lot of props. He looked better than he ever has before, but that's not exactly what this post is about. Anthony Pettis scored a stoppage with a high kick and punches on the ground tonight at UFC 144, but Morosanu also knocked his opponent, Utley Meriana, down with a high kick - except Meriana was completely out. Check out this impressive performance by Catalin Morosanu, capped off with a devastating high kick KO. If you don't have any patience, skip to 6:05 of the video.

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:43

"Vuisten Van Vuur" is coming up on February 26 in Den Bosch, Holland. It's a great card, especially for a Dutch show. Among the fights on the card are Golden Glory's own Robin van Roosmalen vs. Rachid Belaini which has the makings of a slugfest. Another great fight on the card is Harut Grigorian vs. Faldir Chahbari which could turn out to be a great back and forth combination fight. Hicham El Gaoui, our #3 ranked Light Heavyweight is also on the card, against Masoud Rahimi. Golden Glory TV released a video today with members of Golden Glory, including Robin van Roosmalen, talking about the upcoming event this Sunday. Check out the video below and the full fight card here.

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:43

You may have heard that Golden Glory's Nieky Holzken was in action over the weekend, and we were going to just give you the results, but, why do that when we could show you a video? That is really always the best way to go. Golden Glory Helmond ran an event this weekend which, by all means, was immense. For the full results, head over to here, but if you want to watch it, why just avert your eyes downwards or click Read More. [source]

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:43

French promotion Urban Boxing United have put together a great video with Andy Souwer where he talks about his career, life and his fight on May 19 in Marseilles, France. The fight will be under the Urban Boxing United banner against French fighter Johann Fauveau, Souwer's first time fighting a French fighter. It'll be at "Le Dome" where the capacity is up to 8 500 people. This video is really well done and gives a good look at Andy Souwer so check out the video titled "Looking For Andy."

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:43

This was one of Fraser's ideas before he left the blog, to post classic Muay Thai bouts. I stumbled on this particular trove of classics surfing one of China's viral video sites. It's a great way to familiarize yourself with better known fights from what's known as Muay Thai's "Golden Era," namely the 1980s and 90s.

The two biggest promoters of Muay Thai in Thailand are OneSongchai and Petyindee Promotions. Think Golden Boy and Top Rank, except they consistently make competitive matchups at the highest level and will co-promote. Scratch that. Don't think Golden Boy and Top Rank. While the two Thai promotions appear to have some history, they operate quite differently from the two marquee U.S. promotions.

The Best of OneSongchai is exactly what it sounds like: a compilation of the best fights put on by the promotion. The series is quite old, and I'm not sure how many volumes there are. Volume 1 is full of great matchups, starting off with Ramon Dekkers in his 1990 upset against Nampon Nongkeepahuyut.

Also in the video: Sangtiennoi Sor Rungrot vs Namkabuan Nongkeepahuyut, complete with all three people in the ring, including the referee, tumbling over the ropes in round four. That's at about 24 minutes into the video.

The bouts in this volume are fought under a slightly different ruleset from modern Muay Thai. The technique known as plowing, wherein a fighter catches an opponent's leg and pushes him across the ring, is now illegal. It can lead to instances like the one at 46:20 where Rainbow KOs himself by flying over his opponent's head with a high kick. I believe the maximum number of steps is now three.

The full lineup is as follows:

Nampon Nonkeepahuyut vs Ramon Dekkers;

Wangjannoi Sor Palangchai vs Cherry Sor Vanich, at 11 minutes;

Namkabuan Nongkeepahuyut vs Sangtiennoi Sor Rungrot, at 14:20;

Sakmongkon Sitchuchok vs Jongsanan Fairtex, at 28:30;

Den Muangsurin vs Rainbow Sor Pantalay, at 41:50;

and Pongsiri Por Ruamrudee vs Pirotnoi Sor Siamchai, at 48:20.

You can buy the volume on Amazon in VCD format (What is that?). The uploader for this video is simonjj.